ESSAYS ON THE MIRROR OF RACE
To view a specific essay, click on its title; to learn more about an author, click on the author's name.
To view a specific essay, click on its title; to learn more about an author, click on the author's name.
Gregory Fried, "True Pictures': Frederick Douglass on the Promise of Photography"
This essay explores the ideas of Frederick Douglass on the revolutionary significance of photography for the cause of abolishing slavery and for advancing human equality.
, "As
White as Their Masters': Visualizing the Color Line"
A discussion of the ambiguity of the color line in 19th century visual representations of race.
A discussion of the ambiguity of the color line in 19th century visual representations of race.
Other essays to come shortly.
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